[Exodus]

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Originally Posted by samsson37

Personally used to love the X-men,but with the lack luster movies, the comics having no true direction and no cartoon there isn't a way to generate interest in them. Besides Emma and Rogue any other characters minus maybe Domino..who would really sell well ?

Heck yeah...glad I have the Legends Domino....would love a Koto Bish of her...

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Originally Posted by Kernel

I'm happy we are still getting Emma soon, plus that Xmen deadpool.

I stopped at micheals today and saw this poster... Notice anything about it?

Oh man no mutants or FF so sad That's blasphemy IMO :P

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Originally Posted by Captain Nash

* to clarify, yes i do think we'll see Emma released. And maybe even Rogue. Also I think Wolverine and Deadpool may continue to be exceptions to release due to their possibility, in either line. But otherwise I think we'll get squat.

Yeah like Koto, DS and Sideshow that can get us statues and what not...

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Originally Posted by deathofthelines

Wolverine and the xmen was awesome much better than most of whats out there now. I heard the company that produced it filed bankruptcy and went out of business. Too bad no one else picked it up but most networks probly would have ruined it by dumbing it down and giving wolverine Peter Griffen syndrome.

Heck yeah. Was so looking forward to AOA until they announced it was cancelled

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Originally Posted by Snowflakian

Like over with Transformers. We see a lot of optimus prime and bumblebee because that's the names now that everyone knows. But if Hasbro can talk their way into getting orders for a line and sustain it, then we start seeing things like combiner wars. Those took some build up to get to though. Power Core combiners paved the way for that to retailers, but the continued strong sales opened the door for much more. Combiner wars is also an offshoot of Generations though, and early generations this go round had a minor fixation on prime and bumblebee to get themselves on shelves. Even combiner wars itself had to work in a prime figure which thankfully was planned to be retooled into Motormaster. Hasbro is trying to balance that system to get what they know sells out on shelves past the retail ordering people.

If you've ever worked for those retail stores, you know how 'in the know' those various representatives and corporate types actually are too. And that is to say not much if at all. They know what their kids watch maybe, and what's in theaters.

Surprise there is no CW BB haha....

[OfficialHegarty]

haven't posted here in a while but has anyone paired the MU Luke Cage's vest yellow as it really bugs me he just looks like a random person

[jedirulz123]

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Originally Posted by OfficialHegarty

haven't posted here in a while but has anyone paired the MU Luke Cage's vest yellow as it really bugs me he just looks like a random person

Hegarty, go and vote in the contest!

[OfficialHegarty]

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Originally Posted by jedirulz123

Hegarty, go and vote in the contest!

done i don't know how you vote though

[deathofthelines]

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Originally Posted by OfficialHegarty

done i don't know how you vote though

U did it right it wasnt formal. Nice and easy

[OfficialHegarty]

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Originally Posted by deathofthelines

U did it right it wasnt formal. Nice and easy

cheers

[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

makes you wonder who really hacked Sony...

Sony did. Or really their lack of security did. Remember the PS3 fiasco? If that's how they treat client data with poor security, I doubt they treat their internal security for other areas any better. Not to mention they still have a lot of unhappy tech people out in the world now from the entire root kit music CD fiasco too.

[kylactus]

can anyone remember a storyline, I'm guessing mid to late 90's era, where sandman is lobotomized by, as I recall, the government, and used as kind of a symbiotic suit (like Venom without the mind) I can't find anything about it anywhere! keep in mind this was at least 20 years ago, and I only have a vague recollection. I'm pretty sure I'm remembering it correctly, but it might have been a "what if" or something.

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by K Dubious

Also I do feel like the big retail chains are most definetlely Hasbro's Bread and Butter, but there is no way they have any say in the direction of these lines. For years we heard that the stores demand Ironman, Spider-man, and Wolverine that is why they are so abundant. While I agree that the average joe wants those three more than other figures, but the average joe does not buy the entire line like collectors do so why should their opinion be the one that matters? I think stores are smart enough to realize that when they buy into a line it will change from shipment to shipment, I could be wrong and maybe their is a Walton out there going "I can't wait for our stores to get more of the figures that never sell!"

So this goes back to Hasbro passing the blame from spot to spot. I don't hate them, in fact I love what they produce. I just wish there wasn't so much smoke and mirrors and someone could just tell us where things are heading and why.

yeah I kind of doubt that the retailers "force" hasbro to pack the same main characters that peg warm, and even if they did at least make them a little different so collectors will consider buying them (add a cap wolf or alternate zombie head, unmaksed variant or something). That first rebranding wave was brutal with the 3 IM per case (the same one that was single carded, repainted, and in the heroic age team pack).
I'm in the same boat, I love the stuff hasbro puts out, but I feel like constructive criticism helps. I hope they use that same Jim lee cyclops buck more (like they are doing with the yellow daredevil). Why reinvent the wheel just to make it worse?

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by samsson37

Personally used to love the X-men,but with the lack luster movies, the comics having no true direction and no cartoon there isn't a way to generate interest in them. Besides Emma and Rogue any other characters minus maybe Domino..who would really sell well ?

I'd like domino, pyro, Avalanche, proper blob, lady death strike (classic or muertas version) toad, morph, forge, caliban, Madeline Pryor, sentinel drones/nimrod, and I would LOVE a spiral figure, either classic and/or her Xmen look. I also wouldn't mind some marauders like scalp hunter, or vertigo and some hellfire club goons.

It's funny I was reading marvel vs dc to my son recently and some of the big matchups were jubilee vs robin, Logan vs lobo, and storm vs Wonder Woman (wielding mjolnir!). Kinda sad to see how far our merry mutants have fallen.

[kylactus]

but at least we haven't gotten the costume Thor was wearing in the Marvel vs DC series. Has anyone used the Caliban from the Toybiz line as a stand in? just curious how it measures up.

as far as X characters we NEED!
1. original X-force (with first appearance Cable)
2. 90's X-factor
3. brotherhood of mutants (preferably the original)
4. 90's Storm (if you weren't there for the 90's you don't get it)
5. M.L.F
6. Magneto's acolytes (including Colossus)
7. gigantic battles Krackoa (the living Island)
8. Death Bird
9. Dazzler
10. Gateway
Kernel's list plus this, I'll die happy.

[Captain Nash]

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Originally Posted by Kernel

I'd like domino, pyro, Avalanche, proper blob, lady death strike (classic or muertas version) toad, morph, forge, caliban, Madeline Pryor, sentinel drones/nimrod, and I would LOVE a spiral figure, either classic and/or her Xmen look. I also wouldn't mind some marauders like scalp hunter, or vertigo and some hellfire club goons.

It's funny I was reading marvel vs dc to my son recently and some of the big matchups were jubilee vs robin, Logan vs lobo, and storm vs Wonder Woman (wielding mjolnir!). Kinda sad to see how far our merry mutants have fallen.

I've got a long list of X-Men on my wish list but only 12 that I really consider "must haves" whether they get made or not. Four of them need to be done in Legends as well and make up my four of my five "must haves" in Legends (Madrox being the only one made in MI/MU and not ML

1. Polaris - needs in both. Would she sell? Well among collectors but I doubt to the general public.

2. Selene - needs in both. Would she sell, doubtful but except to hard core collectors, but everyone's got a severely underused unappreciated villain they absolutely love, and she is mine, dammit. But I don't see Hasbro ever releasing her given her "barely there" outfit.

3. Lady Deathstrike - needs in MI only. Would she sell? She would definitely sell well among collectors (probably the highest profile X-Villain not made in this line) and maybe in the general public.

4. Forge - need in MI only. Would he sell? I'd think he'd sell well among collectors but maybe not so much to the general public.

5. Cannonball - needs in MI only. Would he sell? I think he'd sell very well among collectors, not sure about the public.

6. Magik - needs (now) in MI only. Would she sell? Like hotcakes amongst collectors and I think the general public would also buy her given she is kind of a D&D Swords and Sorcery/Magic type of figure.

7. Moonstar - needs in both. Would she sell? She would sell somewhat among collectors but not so much probably in the general public.

8. Pyro - needs in MI only. Would he sell? Absolutely for collectors and probably decently for general public.

9. Avalanche - needs in MI only if you count the X-Men line for ML which I do. Would he sell? Absolutely for collectors and probably okay in the general public.

10. Domino - Needs in MI only. Would absolutely sell for collectors and if given the right outfit might sell okay in general public. The Femme Fatale thing is kind of in right now.

11. Exodus - needs in both. Would he sell? Probably for hardcore collectors and maybe okay in general public as he'd be one of those "neat looking villains"

12. Spiral - needs in MI only. Would she sell? She would probably sell pretty well for collectors and maybe okay in the general public, given her unique appearance, which that same appearance unfortunately makes her among the least likely figures we would see.

Now granted the "would they sell" part is just my thoughts on it and I could be wrong. But if I had to narrow my X-Men wishes for this line down to "absolutes" and "give me these and I'll shut up about it" these are the characters I would choose.

Although There's probaby about twice as many other X-characters on my wish list. Syrin, Shadow King, Sauron, Marrow, Dazzler, Vulcan (boo I know), Nimrod and erm..."Nemesis" to name but a few.

ALso I'm not counting ALpha Flight as X-men characters because I'm not sure where those rights lie. And I do really want the entire core 8 members, which we still need Northstar(?), Shamen, Snowbird,
Guardian or Vindicator (Heather Hudson) and Sasquatch for sure.

[Augustus_Cole]

it's REALLY hard to believe that is happening (( FF and mutants))..that Disney would actually do that just because of the movies...BUT...as we can clearly see..it IS happening...

[kylactus]

This is the afore mentioned 90's techno-Thor...

[Augustus_Cole]

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This is the afore mentioned 90's techno-Thor...

HAHA...NO ONE needs that...

He has a midriff on...

A MIDRIFF!!!!!!!!!!

[kylactus]

I know, right? I had forgotten all about it (or blocked it out) until Kernel mentioned it!

[ChuckSass]

Magik and Moonstar would be awesome. The only others I would like are Marvel owned characters: Misty Knight
Satana
Spectrum/Monica Rambeau
Kate Bishop
Elsa Bloodstone
Angela, Mantis
Hellcat
Jessica Jones.

[Kernel]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

I know, right? I had forgotten all about it (or blocked it out) until Kernel mentioned it!

Ha ha sorry guys, I hate seeing old college football highlights with midriffs. And how could I forget sauron when I had the old toybiz version (with those commercials and the wolverine mask that doubled as a sweet @$$ ring bling ice on my fingers). I brought out all my MU Xmen a while back and thought wow we got some x love. But seeing these lists I realize we have barely scratched the surface of the MU! I want a knockoff onslaught from China soon with no lame azz red skull head!

[rea1180]

On my want list forever:
Pyro
Hellcat
and a properly articulated Bishop

[Snowflakian]

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Originally Posted by kylactus

Has anyone used the Caliban from the Toybiz line as a stand in? just curious how it measures up.

It works out pretty well, but it's his horseman/acolyte of apocalypse attire and not the normal one. Caliban isn't normally beefed up like that.

Polaris may happen later too. The question is whether or not it'll be a new mold or if they'll pull a toy biz and tweak the 90s Rogue figure for it.

Dazzler may happen sometime soon too. She's been getting high amounts of character exposure lately. The fact some of her recent stories have her with SHIELD doesn't hurt either.

Domino I'm surprised hasn't been made yet. They literally have all the parts for her between movie black widow and agent Helix. (Literally, put the Helix head on Black Widow and done.)

And that Blade comic sounds awesome! Lots of things to explore on that with a child of his being a quarter vampire instead of half. Plus everything else he's been exposed to as well that'd impact his genetics.

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Originally Posted by Kernel

I want a knockoff onslaught from China soon with no lame azz red skull head!

The toy biz era one from the X-Men line (not the BAF) has the magneto styled helmet and fits in scale pretty well. I use that one for my dio.

[Ninjinister]

Any idea whenabouts the Ant-Man SDCC set is supposed to hit Hasbro's site?

[jedirulz123]

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Any idea whenabouts the Ant-Man SDCC set is supposed to hit Hasbro's site?

28th July

[Snowflakian]

All New Female 'Blade' Coming To Marvel Comics : T-Lounge : Tech Times

SDCC EXCLUSIVE: Seeley Makes Fighting a Family Affair in Marvel's "Blade" - Comic Book Resources

The new Blade comic sounds like a pretty awesome read. Not sure why him having a daughter is emasculating at all. Personally, I want a figure of her now. Come on hasbro! Perfect comic pack opportunity right here. A chance to redo Blade using the winter soldier buck used for Nick Fury, and a chance to do what looks like a badass new character with a neat design!

She sounds very "What if Kendra was Buffy in the movie and the movie wasn't so campy but handled seriously." How they plan on exploring Blade himself sounds promising too. Definitely worth a read.

[Jackieboy]

nice to see the 2 packs making a return in infinite form.those stands that some of the upcoming figures were posed on made me ask that question.seemed a bit odd using a dual stand..........but im heartbroken that hasbro did NOT reveal any doombots.

[bmorr]

Finally got Giant Man at Walmart today. I just had to do a test shot of what he looks like with the 4" Avengers: